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Inter Clubs Cross Country Championships 2012

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  • #32
    mrak
    Registered Users Posts: 463 ✭✭mrak


    I was glad it wasn't any longer! The course was amazing, and facilities, showers, - even tea and sandwiches, amazing. Well done aai and clonliffe. Clonliffe weren't going to be beaten that's for sure. One thing the aai could improve is allowing premits for races on the same weekend as this event. There were races all over the country as far as I can see with some of them won in really good times.


  • #33
    Hard Worker
    Registered Users Posts: 1,170 ✭✭✭Hard Worker


    Great event, facilities, course, parking etc. What a pity it's the best kept secret on the sporting calendar. No promotion done locally.
    I doubt that there were half a dozen non athletic people at the event. There was probably a bigger crowd watching the recent Garda Cross Country race in the Phoenix Park.


  • #34
    caseyjones1
    Registered Users Posts: 143 ✭✭caseyjones1


    Great event, great course, and lovely weather for it, very well organised.
    Didn't wear a watch so no idea whether it was short or not.
    I thoroughly enjoyed it despite being completely out of my league. What an honour to run beside (as they lapped me) the likes of Linda Byrne :D
    I found it very tough but we managed a team medal so delighted to have come away with some bling :cool:


  • #35
    aburke
    Registered Users Posts: 606 ✭✭✭aburke


    Hard Worker wrote: »
    Great event, facilities, course, parking etc.
    Despite my complaints about the course being short, I'd have to reiterate this sentiment.
    This was a top-notch event, and my one complaint aside, top marks to Clonliffe and the AAI.


  • #36
    tunguska
    Registered Users Posts: 3,545 ✭✭✭tunguska


    Yeah one of the lads had it at 6.99miles so half a mile short. I'd usually be a stickler for distances but Im not sure it really matters in a race like this. Cross country is run over odd distances, so its really all about racing for position not times.


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  • #37
    ocnoc
    Registered Users Posts: 830 ✭✭✭ocnoc


    happygoose wrote: »
    Ah sure stick it up to 26.2 sure...would you fancy your chances against Ciobanu and O'Hanlon then!?!?

    Nope! But makes my goal of not being lapped harder


  • #38
    thirstywork2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,800 ✭✭✭thirstywork2


    Lads it's cross country,anyone with a garmin on during the national cross country shouldn't be racing.


  • #39
    Lock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 115 ✭✭Lock


    Hard Worker wrote: »
    Great event, facilities, course, parking etc. What a pity it's the best kept secret on the sporting calendar. No promotion done locally.
    I doubt that there were half a dozen non athletic people at the event. There was probably a bigger crowd watching the recent Garda Cross Country race in the Phoenix Park.

    Never mind the lack of regular folk, I thought there was a huge lack of support from the Irish athletics community. Numbers are declining over the years. Over the last 5 or 6 years numbers supporting the Interclubs have seriously dropped. On such a nice day too, there were feck all people there.


  • #40
    ecoli
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,762 ✭✭✭✭ecoli


    Have to say enjoyed this race. In terms of distance being short I got 7.03 but its cross country I was not expecting it to be right because they never are (don't believe me look at the Novices every year which is well short) only reason I wore it was due to the lap being close to a mile long so was good indication of how race went on a lap by lap basis.

    Next year will actually run a proper XC season:D


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